8806011 Informal Interpretation

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June 30, 1988

Patrick Sharpe
Premerger Notification Office
Bureau of Competition
Federal Trade Commission
6th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Room 303
Washington, D.C. 20580

Dear Mr. Sharpe:

This is in response to our conversation of June 22, 1988, during which you informed me that I could obtain a letter confirming the answers you gave me to the following questions:

1. Does a joint venture in the form of a partnership, not a corporation, have to comply with the Notification and Report provisions of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, as set out in 43 Fed. Reg. 33,452 (1978), modified by, 48 Fed. Reg. 34,427 (1983)?

2. Do the parties that contribute to the formation of the joint venture in the form of a partnership have to comply with the Notification and Report provisions of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, as set out in 43 Fed. Reg. 33452 (1978), modified by 48 Fed. Reg. 34427 (1983)?

3. You instructed me that neither the parties nor the joint venture itself need comply with said provisions. I hereby request a letter confirming the answers you have provided me.

4. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at the above number.

Sincerely yours,

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